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The Grass is Always Greener?

Unpacking Uzbek Migration to Japan

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Editors:
  1. Timur Dadabaev

    1. University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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  • Unpacks the nature of Central Asian migration to East Asia
  • Demonstrates the migration channels and adaptation strategies of migrants to the realities of Japan and South Korea
  • Aims to detail the social factors that play important roles in localizing foreign policy engagements

Part of the book series: Politics and History in Central Asia (PSPSCA)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Unpacking Uzbek Migration to Japan

    • Timur Dadabaev
    Pages 1-9

  3. Revisiting Labor and Educational Migration from Uzbekistan to Japan and South Korea

    • Timur Dadabaev, Jasur Soipov
    Pages 11-46

  4. Uzbek Newcomers in the Japanese Educational and Labour Market

    • Timur Dadabaev, Shigeto Sonoda, Jasur Soipov
    Pages 47-85

  5. Migration, Identity and ‘Sojourning’ in the Life of Uzbeks in Japan

    • Timur Dadabaev, Mukaddam Akhmedova
    Pages 87-121

  6. Gendered Experiences of Uzbekistani Migrants in Japan

    • Mukaddam Akhmedova
    Pages 123-135

  7. The Role of Oʻzbekchilik and Islam in the Migration Practices of Uzbeks in Japan

    • Mukaddam Akhmedova
    Pages 137-150

  8. Choice of Japanese Language Schools

    • Jasur Soipov
    Pages 151-180

  9. Some Reflections on Students Mobility and Labor Migration

    • Jasur Soipov
    Pages 181-205

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 207-209
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About this book

This edited book unpacks the nature of Central Asian migration to East Asia. This book uses the case of Uzbekistan, the most populous country of Central Asia, and demonstrates the migration channels and adaptation strategies of migrants to the realities of Japan. What are the foreign policy engagements of Japan in Central Asia? How do they relate to the intensifying educational mobility and labour migration from Central Asia (in particular, Uzbekistan) to Japan? By answering these two questions, this book aims to detail the social factors that play important roles in localizing foreign policy engagements and narrating them in terms easily understood by the public.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

    Timur Dadabaev

About the editor

Timur Dadabaev is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Special Program for Japanese and Eurasian Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tsukuba, Japan. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Grass is Always Greener?

  • Book Subtitle: Unpacking Uzbek Migration to Japan

  • Editors: Timur Dadabaev

  • Series Title: Politics and History in Central Asia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2570-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2569-5Published: 02 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2572-5Published: 04 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2570-1Published: 02 April 2022

  • Series ISSN: 3005-0081

  • Series E-ISSN: 3005-009X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 209

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Economics, Public Policy, History of Japan, History of Korea

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